But she always had an eye on the music industry. Embed from Getty ImagesĪt the age of 18, she swiftly relocated to New York City to pursue a career as a fashion model. She was fascinated by music and celebrity life from a young age and from the moment she saw The Beatles make their legendary appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, her fate was sealed. Navy Officer and WWII veteran, Harold Lloyd Buell. “We thought opportunities would always exist, that we would be fifteen forever.Bebe Buell was born Beverle Lorence Buell on July 14th, 1953, daughter of Dorothea (Brown) Johnson (founder of the Protocol School of Washington) and U.S. “I was from a generation that didn’t think that far into the future,” she wrote in her memoirs. Still she offers a sad epithet of her life. She hopes to release a new album this year.

John Taylor of Duran Duran financed her second.

Ric Ocasek of the Cars produced her first album. She teemed with famous musician/boyfriends to help produce and promote her music. His daughter went on to star as an actress and model, with her mother’s managerial help. Tyler, apparently, was too stoned for fatherhood. She changed her name, however, when she discovered the true identity of her father, Steven Tyler, the lead singer of Aerosmith. For the first twelve years of her life, Liv believed that her father was Todd Rundgren. If America knows anything about blow job technique, Linda Lovelace is the reason why. In that same edition, by the way, Playboy did a pictorial on “Sex in Cinema.” Linda Lovelace assumed her famous “Deep Throat” fellatio pose. She became the first playmate to receive $10,000 for a centerfold. Playboy compensated Buell for her sexuality. She dared the viewer not to touch the photography of her body. She arched her topless chest she squared her shoulders she offered a hungry, almost insatiable stare. In that photo spread, her confidence in her sexuality was startling. She became a Playboy playmate of the month. The major icons included: Mick Jagger, Iggy Pop, David Bowie, Rod Stewart, Steven Tyler and Elvis Costello. Buell wrote in her memoirs, “Todd would always be f*%$ing these nondescript road tramps, whereas I would be f*%$ing major icons.” That relationship floundered in infidelity. She lost her virginity to the guitarist Todd Rundgren. “I had acid and a car!”įrom this beginning, Bebe Buell indulged in a life of sexual freedom. “I was dangerous and damn good-looking,” she wrote in her memoirs, Rebel Heart: An American Rock ‘n’ Roll Journey.

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